Sleigh



(No Model.)

L. KELLEY.

SLEIGH.

No. 399,335. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEIVIS KELLEY, OF DOWNE, MICHIGAN.

SLEIGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,335, dated March 12, 1889. Application filed May 2l, 1888. Serial No. 274,619. (No modul.)

To HU 107mm z' nm/y concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS KELLEY, a citi- '/.eii ol the VViiited States, residing at Bowne township, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and uset'nl Improvements in Sleig'hs; and I do hereby 1 declare the following to be a full, clear, and 3 will enable others skilled in the art to wh ich it appertaiiis to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to iniprtivenients in 'exact description oi' the invention, such as that class oi' sleig'hs havingbutasingle bea-m 1 supported at a distance above the runner and g attached to the same b v metallic tasteiiiugs.

Heretofore these structures have been oi.' such forni that cast-iron has been used wholly `or in part to so connect the beam and runner. This is objectionable on account of the liability of breakage and `greater weight and oost of material.

The object of my invention is to so construct the device that wrouglit-iron only may be used, thus securing a lighter, stronger, and cheaper structure. I accomplish this result by the construction shown and illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, in which Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a sled embodying` my invention, and Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same on the linexr of Fig. l.

Iiike letters refer to like parts in both the figures.

A represents the beam; li, a portion of the runner.

C, D, aiidlare strips of wroughl-iroinwliich servo to connect the beam and runner and are secured to each by the bolts G. The strip C is somewhat the heavier and shorter, to withstand the greater part of the weight of the load and is secured at its middle to the under side of the beam. It is also bent downward at nearly right angles at points near the sides oi' said beam, and at the ends turns outward and rests upon the upper surface of the runner. This piece serves the purpose oi the knee or principal support between the runner and beam.

serves to assisty iii strengthening the structure, which is attached at its middle to the upper side of the beam directly above and parallel to the strip (l, by means of the bolts (l, which pass through both C and D, and also the beam A. This strip D extends outward and downward, as shown, and also rests upon and is attached to the upper surface of the ruimer l. To strengthen the structure against lateral strains, a brace, E, is used, which extends d iag'onal I v upward and inward from the runner to the beam, being` secured to each at:- its respective ends by bolts G. To protect the runner from wear wliei'c the strips C and I) rest upon the same, and also to take the lateral strain ot' the bolts upon said runner, a strip ol bznid-iron, F, having' suitable holes i'or said bolts, is attached to the upper surface of said ruimer.

I thus secure a light structure, cheaply made and not easily broken, by the use of plain strips of wrought-iron properly beut and punched and secured to the beam and runner by ordinary bolts.

That I claim and wish to secure is as follows: l

l. In a sleigh, iii combination with a beam and ruimer, strips oi bariron, each bentat aii obtuse angle at four points, substantially as tilescribed, each having` horizontal middle portions rigidly attached to theupper and under sides, respectively, oi' the beam, extending` downward and outward and attached to the ruimer, and abraoe attached to the runner and extending' upward and inward and. attached to the beam, sul ist-ant ially as described.

2. In a sleigh, in combination with a beam and ruimer, strips of bar-iron C, D, and F., sul'rstantiallv as described, connecting` and attached to said beam and runner, and a strip of band-iron, I, substantiall;Y as described.

In testimoii)v whereot' I have aliixed mv signature in presence ot two witnesses.

IQIVIS KELLEY.

W itiiesscs:

MILTON M. PERRY, ALBERT JACKSON. 

